Harkness Tower Research Paper
Eliza E Monks
Art History of Architecture
September 24th, 2017
Professor Iguanti
Harkness Tower
Harkness Tower was donated by Anna M. Harkness in dedication to her deceased son. The tower was built in 1917 by James Gamble Rogers. Both men were Yale graduates. Harkness Tower is constructed out of a mix of red, gray, and golden-brown granite. The darkest and most coarse stones are placed at the bottom foundation of the tower and the more elegant lighter colored stones toward the top. The tower has two intricately designed iron gates and stone arches on both sides of it. Above the entrance of the tower read the words: "Whereat We All Rejoyce" engraved in script. Overhead, a black iron lantern hangs by a chain from the arched ceiling of the passageway. …show more content…
The towers square foundation supports an octagonal middle, and a smaller octagonal top. Harkness Tower is 216-foot tall and the type of tower is known as a couronne. On each of the four sides of the Tower are copper clockfaces, dyed mint-green by New Havens weather. The hands of the clocks move without a sound until the hour is heralded in the tones of Westminster Chimes.
Harkness Towers ornamentation includes statues of famous Yale graduates, allegorical figures representing the arts and sciences, soldiers from American wars from the Revolution to World War I and gargoyles. Hidden bulldogs and distinctive legendary faces have their own private niches on the Tower's surface. The head of sculpture for the Tower was Lee Lawrie, a professor at Yale from 1908-1918.
Harkness Tower also has Memorial Chimes. The bells are played by Yale’s bellringer two times daily during the school year. The first bell is played at 12:30pm and again at 5:30pm. Belling ringing has become a tradition for Yale students called the Guild of Yale Bellringers. Every year, aspiring bell-ringers are trained by the Guild and new members are …show more content…
The elegance and delicate forms of the Erechtheion contrast sharply with its neighboring Parthenon. The temple faces east and its entrance is lined with six long Ionic columns. The temple is unusual in that it incorporates two porches or (prostaseis); one at the northwest corner which is supported by tall Ionic columns, and one at the south-west corner which is supported by six massive female statues, the famous Caryatids. The Caryatids remind me of all the ornaments of Harkness Tower. These caryatids are the temple’s signature feature just as Harkness’s statues. The caryatids stand and seem to casually support the weight of the porch’s roof on their heads.
Sargon 2’s complex also reminded me of the Harkness Tower because of its unique ornamentation. His complex was surrounded by immense crossbred creatures consisting of a bull’s body, an eagle’s wings, and a bearded man’s head. These figures or shedus were meant to keep his complex safe and away from evil just as Harkness Tower’s statues were to keep Yale’s memorial quadrangle
Art History of Architecture
September 24th, 2017
Professor Iguanti
Harkness Tower
Harkness Tower was donated by Anna M. Harkness in dedication to her deceased son. The tower was built in 1917 by James Gamble Rogers. Both men were Yale graduates. Harkness Tower is constructed out of a mix of red, gray, and golden-brown granite. The darkest and most coarse stones are placed at the bottom foundation of the tower and the more elegant lighter colored stones toward the top. The tower has two intricately designed iron gates and stone arches on both sides of it. Above the entrance of the tower read the words: "Whereat We All Rejoyce" engraved in script. Overhead, a black iron lantern hangs by a chain from the arched ceiling of the passageway. …show more content…
The towers square foundation supports an octagonal middle, and a smaller octagonal top. Harkness Tower is 216-foot tall and the type of tower is known as a couronne. On each of the four sides of the Tower are copper clockfaces, dyed mint-green by New Havens weather. The hands of the clocks move without a sound until the hour is heralded in the tones of Westminster Chimes.
Harkness Towers ornamentation includes statues of famous Yale graduates, allegorical figures representing the arts and sciences, soldiers from American wars from the Revolution to World War I and gargoyles. Hidden bulldogs and distinctive legendary faces have their own private niches on the Tower's surface. The head of sculpture for the Tower was Lee Lawrie, a professor at Yale from 1908-1918.
Harkness Tower also has Memorial Chimes. The bells are played by Yale’s bellringer two times daily during the school year. The first bell is played at 12:30pm and again at 5:30pm. Belling ringing has become a tradition for Yale students called the Guild of Yale Bellringers. Every year, aspiring bell-ringers are trained by the Guild and new members are …show more content…
The elegance and delicate forms of the Erechtheion contrast sharply with its neighboring Parthenon. The temple faces east and its entrance is lined with six long Ionic columns. The temple is unusual in that it incorporates two porches or (prostaseis); one at the northwest corner which is supported by tall Ionic columns, and one at the south-west corner which is supported by six massive female statues, the famous Caryatids. The Caryatids remind me of all the ornaments of Harkness Tower. These caryatids are the temple’s signature feature just as Harkness’s statues. The caryatids stand and seem to casually support the weight of the porch’s roof on their heads.
Sargon 2’s complex also reminded me of the Harkness Tower because of its unique ornamentation. His complex was surrounded by immense crossbred creatures consisting of a bull’s body, an eagle’s wings, and a bearded man’s head. These figures or shedus were meant to keep his complex safe and away from evil just as Harkness Tower’s statues were to keep Yale’s memorial quadrangle